Itches You Can't Scratch

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Lyrics by Jeremy Betterley

I have a habit of finding
Itches I can't scratch
But you always seem to know
Where on my back
Needs attention but lately I have been sensing
You my dear need to go
And find what it is that you have been missing
You won't be gone too long I hope

And I have a habit of minding
Things that I can't change
The future's so distant, you tell me I know
And I can't rearrange
My life in the present for every second that
I could be throwing away
But darling I fear that if I let you go
I'll still feel this way

But itches you can't scratch never seem to go away
They find me at night while my mind wanders
And keep me awake
And sleep is hard to find when losing love is on your mind
But it's always on my mind

And I have a penchant for trying
To keep my eyes away
From the problems I see when I walk by them
Almost every day
and I try to remember the world looks much better
when you practice selective attention
But I've always found that it seldom works to ignore my initial perceptions

And itches you can't scratch never seem to go away
They find me at night while my mind wanders
And keep me awake
And sleep is hard to find when this hard life is on your mind
But it's always on my mind

But please don't go
Please don't go
Please don't go
Please don't go
Or I'll be like a broken string
Or a songbird without a tree
And my guitar won't ring
If you don't come back to me

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from The Mockingbeards, released June 3, 2016

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The Mockingbeards Ithaca, New York

The Mockingbeards are a folk-rock quintet from Ithaca, New York featuring guitars, mandolin, violin, and vocal harmony. Their influences include Michael Hurley, The Decemberists, Pavement, and Pete Seeger.

The Mockingbeards are:
Taya Win--guitar, vocals
Alex Ford--guitar, vocals
Jeremy Betterley--mandolin, vocals
Megan Silverstein--violin, bass
Paul Vidovich--drums ... more

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